Media

2026

March 31, 2026, Plaidoyer Victimes supports the movement, Le communautaire à boutte. PV supports the movement and reiterates 𝐥’𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐝’𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 strong, inclusive and sustainable, within our community.

March 16, 2026, Victim Advocacy, A brand new podcast from PV : From fiction to criminology: A better understanding of the role of criminologists in helping victims of crime.. To mark the first-ever Quebec Criminology Week, March 15 to 21, 2026, Plaidoyer Victimes is proud to announce the launch of its first podcast, La parole est à vous, hosted by Karine Mac Donald, with guests Catherine Bérubé, actress, and Julie Hivon, creator of the Alertes series. This first episode is inspired by meetings that took place a few years ago between Julie Hivon and criminologists Karine Mac Donald, now Executive Director of Plaidoyer Victimes, and Marie-Christine Michaud, in charge of communications and mobilization, when they were working at the CAVAC network. These exchanges, which were later joined by actress Catherine Bérubé, helped shape the creation of Penelope’s character in this series.

February 12, 2026, TVA, J.E, report Les chasseurs d’or. Karine MacDonald, Executive Director of Plaidoyer Victimes, reminds us that financial crimes are too often downplayed, and can have serious consequences, particularly psychological, for victims and their loved ones.

February 2, 2026, Infolettre | February 2026, Clinique de cyber-criminologie de l’Université de Montréal. The participation of the Executive Director of Plaidoyer Victimes in the Radio-Canada Décrypteurs report on love fraud is highlighted in this newsletter from the Cybercriminology Clinic. In it, she discusses the vulnerabilities exploited by fraudsters and concrete ways of supporting loved ones.

January 17, 2026, Radio-Canada, Émission Les décrypteurs, Love scams: when a loved one falls into the trap. Invited to talk with journalist Alexis De Lancer about different ways to help a loved one of a victim of fraud, Karine Mac Donald, General Manager of PV, reminds us of the importance of listening, being kind and avoiding confrontation, as well as discussing the resources available to both victims and their loved ones.

2025

December 4, 2025, Première, 96.5 FM Trois-Rivières, Émission FIN PM Karine Mac Donald, Executive Director of Plaidoyer Victimes, sheds light on love fraud, the different consequences for victims and how they can be supported by their loved ones. Listen to the interview here.

November 24, 2025, Le Devoir, Stéphanie Marin, Sect children are sometimes “trained” to outwit the DPJ. A cult survivor, Josh Seanosky urges caregivers to insist on meeting children alone.

Journalist Stéphanie Marin sheds light on the victimization of children raised in a totalitarian cult, through the poignant testimony of Josh Seanosky, a cult survivor and guest panelist at our November 12 symposium on emerging and lesser-known victimizations, who recalls the grip of social isolation and the extremely rigorous preparation of children before any encounter with the DPJ.

November 24, 2025, QUB, Richard Martineau and Sectes & DPJ: “Today, I’m no longer a victim, that’s what guides my life”. Josh Seanosky, a survivor of a sectarian environment where he lived from the age of eight to twenty-one, returns to the reality of hyper-preparing children in this context. He also emphasizes the issues raised by those working in this field, as a panelist at the Plaidoyer Victimes symposium on emerging and lesser-known victimizations, whom he wishes to raise awareness of the approaches to adopt when visiting these environments.

November 13, 2025, Le Devoir, Stéphanie Marin, Un drone épie une fillette par la fenêtre de sa chambre, et autres problèmes de la géolocalisation. A cybercrime expert warns of the risks of having it activated at all times.

On November 12, Plaidoyer Victimes opened its conference on emerging and lesser-known victimizations with a talk by Maya Alieh on cyber-violence, emerging technologies and their local realities. The journalist, who was one of over 300 people present in person and virtually at the event, gives us one of the most striking examples of the risks associated with geolocation.

November 12, 2025, Radio-Canada, Coercive control over women can lead to suicide in some cases | Isabelle Richer

Yael Mellul, guest panelist at the Plaidoyer Victimes conference, Victimisations émergentes ou peu connues: comprendre, agir et prévenir, held in Montreal on November 12, spoke with Isabelle Richer. In it, she discusses the subject of forced suicide, the blind spot of feminicide, a phenomenon that is still too little known and needs to be fully recognized. 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜é, 𝐥’𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐮 𝐟é𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞, a phenomenon that is still too little known and needs to be fully recognized.

May 19, 2025, Le NouvellisteAudrey Tremblay, What will it take? The journalist highlights PV’s brochure for people dealing with the Commission d’examen des troubles mentaux (CETM), while underlining the findings and avenues for reflection from the brief on Bill 66.

January 6, 2025, La PresseTristan Peloquin, Alleged kidnapping attempt, they had equipment to torture me. Karine Mac Donald, Executive Director of the AQPV, emphasizes the sense of injustice that victims can feel.

2023

May 25, 2023, Global News MorningAQPV consultant Lise Poupart answers journalist Laura Casella’s questions about the victims who deal with the CETM.

March 15, 2023, Pivot, When intimate violence between teens extends to the WebVéronique Poulin, Executive Director of the AQPV, talks to Léa Beaulieu-Kratchanov about cyber-violence in teenage relationships. https://pivot.quebec/2023/03/15/quand-la-violence-intime-entre-ados-se-prolonge-sur-le-web/